Power And Specification

Some researches on energy security have been done in academic circle from the perspectives of market structure and geopolitics. However, in addition to the two factors, focus should also be put on ideas in the study of energetic security cooperation in northeast Asia. Therefore, this thesis introduces regional identity, taking it and the other two as three core factors influencing energetic security cooperation in northeast Asia. On the basis of analysis of the three factors, this thesis proposes that cooperation of energetic security in northeast Asia depends on the interaction of the three factors; and models for cooperation could be established if their respective trend of development is checked.From the perspective of market structure, competitions dominated by governments benefit energetic security cooperation, while competitions dominated by market may lead to harms and even conflicts. From the perspective of geopolitics, there is greater possibility of conflicts in oil-consuming countries' struggle for oil import resources, while there is greater chance of cooperation in the construction of oil pipes and the protection of energy shipping routes. In order to turn geopolitical disadvantages into cooperative advantages in northeast Asia, each country should aim at absolute gains but not relative gains. Identity plays the most important part in influencing energetic security cooperation in this region. The northeast Asia is characterized by great differences in the identities of power politics and regime politics. Identity of power politics will bring about competition and conflicts, while identity of regime may lead to cooperation.Based on the above analysis, this thesis makes a study of the interaction of the three factors--market structure, geopolitics and regional identity-- in northeast Asia. Each of the three will develop in two ways; and they will develop into six elements: free competition and governmental guidance, relative gains and absolute gains, and power politics and regime norms. The interaction of the six elements will lead to eight results, only four of which can benefit cooperation. Among the four, there is only one ideal way, namely, each country adheres to regime norms, advocates the governmental guidance of markets and aims at absolute gains. This ideal way will develop into a model for energetic security cooperation in northeast Asia--a model of dominative cooperation.China is faced with many problems in energy security. On the basis of the interaction of three factors in northeast Asia, China should make policies for energy security in foreign affairs, domestic affairs and regional regimes. Market-orientated reforms in China's energy policy should not be modeled on western ways but be based on Chinese national conditions. Influenced by geopolitics, China's energy diplomacy has taken energy itself as goal, but not tool. Now China should put emphasis on energy diplomacy to Russia, Japan and Korea. Besides, China should make efforts to evolve itself in establishing regional security regime to check the power politics of America and Japan. Meanwhile, China should also advocate the establishment of a newly-typed security regime in this region.